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Culture Did A Way Better Job Of Signaling Trump’s Win Than Broken Polls

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I don’t study politics, but I do study culture, and there have been some signs that a cultural shift leading to this election result has been brewing for years in America. Most of the professional political analysts just completely missed it.

Some of these may seem absurd, but hear me out.

1. The Popular Success of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

After the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and rioting in 2020, it seemed to many in the intelligentsia that “culturally relevant” films needed to directly address DEI or “systemic race issues” to find wide appeal. But by the time we could comfortably get back into theaters in 2022, the biggest box office success in America didn’t do any of that.

Top Gun: Maverick” instead leaned heavily on classic modernist heroism themes, embodied by a white, male protagonist (Tom Cruise as Maverick) who is a traditional, rule-breaking figure dedicated to honor, duty, and meritocracy.

Maverick represented the more traditional American values of meritocracy over aristocracy amid what was supposed to be a cultural revolution intended to set up a new inverted aristocracy.

2. The Mass Cultural Influence of ‘Anti-Woke’ Comedians

While it seems that many of the political talking heads had no idea who Tony Hinchcliffe was until his Puerto Rico joke at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, Hinchcliffe’s show “Kill Tony” is one of the most watched and listened-to podcasts in America.

His show has sold out Madison Square Garden and other major arenas numerous times, and he is

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